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To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

— John F. Kennedy

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.

— Francis Herbert Hedge

There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.

— J. Paul Getty

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.

— Tacitus

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

— Herbert Spencer

He who is honest in his dealings simply because of the social prestige and position it secures will never develop his higher nature, but will always live along the lower lines.

— David Josiah Brewer

I feel a great responsibility playing a historical figure because whether they were good or bad, I feel like the person deserves a fair shake. It's like being the executor of their estate in some ways.

— Vincent Piazza

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

— Samuel Johnson

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him.

— Anna Julia Cooper

✗Opposing Perspectives

The fool inherits, but the wise must get.

— William Cartwright